Meaning of ORIENTAL
| Pronunciation: | | `owree'entl
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- [n] a member of an Oriental race
- [adj] denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"
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| | Synonyms: | | Asian, eastern, oriental person |
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| | See Also: | | Asian, Asiatic, Evenki, Ewenki, gook, Mongol, Mongolian, Mongolian race, Mongoloid race, slant-eye, yellow man, Yellow race, yellow woman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\O`ri*en"tal\, a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to {occidental}; as,
Oriental countries.
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
\O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
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